Freedom fighters, elderly citizens to get Indian visa for 5 yrs

Senior Correspondent: Bangladesh and India have signed the ‘Revised Travel Arrangements 2018’ to ease visa system.

Home Secretary (Protection Service Division) Farid Uddin Ahmed and Special Secretary of Department of Border Management of India Sri Brij Raj Sharma signed the agreement on behalf of their respective sides at the Secretariat in the capital on Sunday morning.

According to the agreement, the freedom fighters and elderly citizens of Bangladesh, aged above 65, will get multiple-visa for five years, when applied.

Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh were present during the programme.

Later, Bangladesh and India delegations held a meeting in the Secretariat.
 

risingbd/Dhaka/July 15, 2018/Naymuddin/A K Azad